I honestly have no idea how the Celtics are hanging around. They are hitting their shots, and that's about the only explanation. They're playing pretty well on defense, but it isn't doing a whole lot, and outside of their aggressiveness when it comes to rebounding, the Heat are playing very well. Glad they're in it though.

Edit: Lol @ the refs helping Miami with all these bullshit techs. *bleep* that shit.

I changed the channel to Monday Night RAW because the officiating was so putrid. NBA needs to get this under control or else pro basketball might as well be owned by Vince McMahon and scripted by WWE Writers.

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Edit: Lol @ the refs helping Miami with all these bullshit techs. *bleep* that shit.

I changed the channel to Monday Night RAW because the officiating was so putrid. NBA needs to get this under control or else pro basketball might as well be owned by Vince McMahon and scripted by WWE Writers.

They might as well. At least it will make it more exciting to watch one sided affairs like this when Doc Rivers comes out to cover LeBron himself and World Peace comes out of nowhere swinging chairs.

Doc Rivers with a tech? Wooooooow. Normally I don't complain about refs, but they seriously need to think about what they're calling these techs for. Won't be surprised if we see an ejection, haha.

Dan and Joey Crawford have to be the worst refs in basketball today. Why those toolboxes even have jobs is beyond me.

I wouldn't be surprised if the referees were the ones to get fined after this one. Because blatantly bad officiating shouldn't go unpunished, which David Stern has allowed to fester for the longest time.

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I missed the first half because of my stupid birthday party that I didn't want. -_- But anyway, I'll try to look at that officiating later since I'm hearing that it was so bad here. Even if the officiating was bad, it was a really close game until the second half. I watched most of the second half, and it didn't even look like the Celtics were trying. I guess the fact that they need some rest is playing into their performance a lot, but they just looked so sluggish out there. :/ The Heat weren't even playing at their full potential speed and they still ended up winning by a lot! And just think if Bosh was playing? If the Heat keep on this roll and playing like this, they definitely have a chance to beat the Spurs or Thunder imo.

I don't understand the officiating even though I'm a Heat fan. Some of those fouls and techs shouldn't have been called. It's the Playoffs. Eastern Conference Finals you bunch of *bleep*tard Refs!!!

Referees essentially took the Celtics out of the game. They might as well have the referees enter to Kurt Angle's first Theme song when he was in WWE so the fans could chant that they suck when they get this bad.

But that's what I like about seeing televised games at MSG--the fans tell it to the refs like it is if they're doing a bad job. Philadelphia fans as well; they'll also call it like it is with both using chants including but not limited to "a**hole," "ref you suck," "these refs suck," etc.

A more generic ref bashing call that I hear whilst watching televised games from TD Garden that I pretty much hear everywhere now "Bull shit!"

Regardless of how it gets spun, the bottom line is this: if the fans are talking about the referees after the game, then the referees didn't do a very good job at their job. Same can be said for umpires; the Red Sox caught a break today due to a blown call (for example), which turned into three runs in that inning.

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